Archives.com Blog
Welcome to the Archives blog! Here we will provide information on website and collection updates, company announcements, perspectives on industry news, upcoming events, and more. Check back with us regularly to get the latest from Archives.com.
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Easier To Search Census Records
As one of the best sources of information about your ancestors, census records are invaluable to your family history research. Archives.com allows members to access millions of U.S. census records. To make the search more precise, we just launched an enhancement that allows you to search for census records by census year...read more.
Build Your Family Tree On Archives
There's a new powerful and easy to use tool on Archives that allows you to build your family tree. We've been developing this behind the scenes for months, and now it's available in the Archives member area under the Family Trees tab...read more.
Expert Series Redesign!
Though the previous version wasn't shabby, our brilliant design team has one upped themselves by redesigning the Expert Series. The new format not only looks great, it also makes the Expert Series articles easy to find and conveniently categorizes them...read more.
New Feature: Saved Reports
Have you ever viewed a report on Archives.com and forgot to print it for future reference? This experience was disappointing and not uncommon. Listening closely to customer feedback we decided to address this common mistake and automatically save all member...read more.
New U.S. Naturalization And Military Records
Last week we made millions of new records available on Archives.com. Newly integrated collections include: U.S. Naturalization Records U.S. Confederate Soldier Service Records U.S. Revolutionary War Pension Applications To search these records in the Archives member area, log in and...read more.
We're Now Archives
You may have noticed we've changed our name from Genealogy Archives to Archives! We wanted to alert members and the community to this change to prevent any confusion. You can log in now at http://www.archives.com/member/ (remember to update your bookmarks!). Visit...read more.
New 1900, 1910, 1920 Census Indexes
Partial indexes of the 1900, 1910 and 1920 Federal Censuses are now available on Archives, courtesy of Footnote.com. Earlier this year we worked with Footnote to bring you the 1860 and 1930 Federal Census indexes. Due to the success of...read more.
Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever
Scads of bloggers have made genealogy resolutions for 2010. These are great posts to read because they set goals we can all take to heart like making better source citations, planning a long-overdue genealogy trip, or finally organizing that shoe...read more.
Q&A With The Generations Project
Did you catch the first episode of The Generations Project, a new reality show, on BYUTV last night Jan. 4? If not its worth a look. We had the opportunity to interview Mary Wollenzien, a member of the Generations Project...read more.
New Vital Records From Idaho
We know the importance of vital records to both family historians and those looking for living relatives. This is why we focus on bringing members not only new vital records collections, but also on keeping our existing vital records collections...read more.
